Chapter 21: Dessert Celebration
Disc Lookout on the 247th floor.
"Kao, come back and pull." Isser stood on the lookout and looked at Kao standing in the doorway.
Behind her, a hurricane howled in the dark sky, slanting the pillar-like rainstorm, and the thunder and serpents drew strange and brilliant lines in the air.
"Let's go back first." Kao walked into the rainstorm.
"It's going to stop soon, wait a minute." Isser shook his head.
"Okay." Kao didn't ask any more questions, but stood with Isser in the middle of the rain.
The two had only known each other for a day, but Kao already knew that there was some truth to what Isher said and said.
……
Nearly half an hour passed, the rain and thunder gradually stopped, the dark clouds began to dissipate, and the whole sky became clear and pleasant again.
"The butterfly in the clouds is about to break the chrysalis." Iser reminded.
Kao opened the Sharingan Eye, and could clearly see the pupae on the clouds that were as thin as yarn. In the cloud chrysalis, the shadow of the butterfly in the cloud inside is clearly visible.
The shadow of the butterfly in the cloud gradually spread its wings, and the moment it came into contact with the cloud chrysalis, the cloud chrysalis shattered and scattered in the sky.
One by one, the butterflies in the clouds spread their wings and broke out of the chrysalis, and the crystal powder turned into stars under the sunlight.
Thousands of light blue butterflies in the clouds waved their wings together, directly blowing away the white clouds below.
The butterflies in the clouds fluttered between a piece of starlight and cloud filaments, gradually gathering to form a light blue ribbon, flying into the distance.
"Well, I didn't let you wait in vain." Ether turned to look at Kao.
Kao looked at the butterfly in the clouds that was gradually flying away, and nodded with a sigh: "Not only did I harvest the cloud chrysalis, but I could also see such an amazing beauty, it really didn't make me wait in vain." ”
"This is God's blessing to us food hunters, so I want to be a good food hunter like Master, to find more delicious ingredients and more magnificent wonders." Isser spoke earnestly of his wishes. "Even though I haven't gotten a hunter's license yet......"
"Yes."
"Alright, let's get ready to celebrate!" Iseh held up the two vials of cloud chrysalis in his hand.
"But before that, you'll have to bandage your left hand," Isser poked his head out to look at Kao's left hand, which had been concealed.
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In the kitchen on the 235th floor, seven or eight food hunters stood together, and in addition to that, there was a staff member of the Sky Arena.
"That's what we're getting today." Kao and Iseh laid out the four vials of cloud chrysalis they had obtained.
"Awesome, two little ones." A bearded uncle couldn't help but marvel at the sight of Kao and Isser taking out so many cloud chrysalis.
"It's mine." After that, he also took out three bottles of cloud chrysalis himself.
"Aren't you more than me?" Ise, who was originally triumphant, suddenly puffed out his face when he saw him take out three bottles.
"Hahaha, I've been a food hunter for more than ten years, and you still have a lot of room for improvement, which is already very good." The uncle crouched down and said to Ise.
In the end, each food hunter took out the cloud chrysalis they had gotten and put out as many as 18 bottles on the table.
"What a bumper harvest today." The Sky Arena staff, who was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, pushed his glasses and said.
"Then according to the regulations, I will accept these 6 bottles of cloud chrysalis." The staff said to take away 6 bottles of cloud pupae. Others have also retrieved their own cloud chrysalis.
Then the staff took out a bottle and put it in front of everyone, bowed slightly, and said, "The next dessert festival will trouble you food hunters to help." ”
"Oh! Leave it to us, I've developed a lot of new desserts compared to the previous year. "A woman in her twenties is full of confidence.
The group divided the bottle of cloud chrysalis into seven small portions, and after each person got his own portion, they began to cook, and almost all food hunters were also excellent food cooks.
"Let's make rock candy first." Isser stood in front of the cooking table, filled a large bucket with water, then opened the bottle of the cloud chrysalis, gently tapped the bottle, and sprinkled in a fifth of the cloud chrysalis.
The cloud chrysalis fell into the water and quickly melted into it.
"Kao, how about you try it?" Isser pointed his finger at the water and licked it gently.
"Isn't it too light?" Kao thought so, and then tried the taste of the water like Isser: "It's so sweet, and it's a very refreshing sweetness, and at the same time it's very soft and smooth. ”
"That's right, the cloud chrysalis itself has an extremely strong sweetness, and the sweetness is very pure, and if you eat it directly, you will feel all kinds of sweetness explode in your mouth, and at the same time, it will completely rob the taste of the dish itself, so it needs to be diluted before it can be used in the dish."
"Okay, let's take it and ice it, I'll use it later." Ether handed the bucket to Kao.
Kao walked to the fridge with a bucket of water and watched the other food hunters make their food.
Here Kao saw the most traditional sweet ice cream, as well as classic desserts such as pancakes and puddings. In addition to these common desserts, there are also several food hunters who are cooking dishes that Kao doesn't understand.
For example, the uncle was making bread, so that Kao didn't understand what he was going to do.
And the woman who was ready to show off her skills was boiling a large pot of water that the two of them couldn't hold, which made Kao even more confused.
"What are you going to do, Isser?" Kao asked curiously as he put the bucket away, returning to Ise's side.
"I just watched what they made, and it looks amazing." Kao looked expectant.
"Shaved ice." Isser spat out two words.
"Huh? Anything else? Kao asked.
"There are other flavors, you can help me squeeze some juice, I'll use it later." Ise handed over a large basket of fruit.
"Okay......" Kao took the fruit and squeezed the juice next to him a little depressed.
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200th floor central auditorium.
On the stage in the middle, a man in a suit with a fist embroidered on his chest held the microphone and said, "Welcome to the annual Sky Arena Dessert Festival, where eight food hunters have been invited to make rich and delicious desserts for us." ”
"At the same time, the cloud chrysalis collected today have also been added as the main material, without further ado, let's enjoy the food together!" As soon as the man's voice fell, the cheers of everyone present rang out.
The confident woman among the food hunters arrives at the center pushing a covered piece of food.
"Siliya is here this year, too." Everyone turned their heads to look.
"Everyone is welcome to taste my masterpieces." Siliya lifted the cover, and a frozen continent appeared in front of everyone.
"This is a dessert made by me according to the territory of the mainland, and the unique gourmet fruits of each place are placed in the corresponding places, and then fixed and put into the water that is added to the cloud chrysalis."
"The fire heats up, and then the temperature is instantly lowered to the lowest point, so that the cloud chrysalis water instantly condenses and freezes the ingredients, and carves them to form a continental map, so you can choose your favorite location and you will definitely be able to taste the unique flavor there." Siliya looked at everyone triumphantly
"Isn't this a rock sugar gourd?" Kao tilted his head, although the things he took out were full of bells and whistles, but they should be essentially food of the same nature.
"Shhhh.......h ”
"I see...... Kao nodded, remembering Siliya's face.
Kao and Isser spent the rest of the night wandering around the festivities, seeing many new desserts and satisfying their appetites.